Wu-shi’s expression changed drastically.
“No, no! How could we possibly poison it?”
“That’s right, that’s right,” Madam Lü quickly chimed in. “Second Daughter-in-law, we’re only doing this for your own good.”
For my own good?
Damn, thank you so much!
Xiang Xi slapped the table and waved the cleaver back and forth in front of Wu-shi’s face.
“Eat!”
Looking at the gleaming blade, Wu-shi felt like dying. She could only grit her teeth, pick up a piece of chicken, and stuff it into her mouth.
Fine, she’d eat.
It wasn’t anything deadly. At worst, she’d just have to let Liu the Eldest work a little harder later.
Seeing her start eating, Xiang Xi turned to Madam Lü and Liu the Eldest.
“You two eat too!”
Liu the Eldest didn’t mind at all. After all, he was going to do that thing later, so eating a little would actually help set the mood.
But Madam Lü was suffering inside.
She was a widow!
What was she supposed to do after eating this?
All the cucumbers in the field had been picked clean by Second Fool!
But if she didn’t eat, her old life might end first!
Fine, fine. She’d eat.
Soon, all three of them had eaten a piece.
Wu-shi said, “Sister-in-law, see? We’ve all eaten and nothing happened. You should eat more too, or it’ll get cold.”
Xiang Xi laughed inwardly.
Did they really think this lady didn’t know anything?
“No.” She shook her head. “You three finish it all.”
Madam Lü: …
Liu the Eldest: …
Wu-shi: …
How could this crazy woman not be fooled?
“If you don’t finish it, I’ll cut a hole in your stomach and pour it in!”
Oh no, oh no.
Looks like this plan wasn’t going to work.
Fortunately, it wasn’t a deadly poison. Besides, if this attempt failed, there was always next time. The crazy woman wouldn’t be so guarded then.
Liu the Eldest and Wu-shi exchanged glances.
They really didn’t care anymore.
They could just finish eating, then wash up and go to bed early.
Madam Lü, however, ate while wondering:
Could her youth finally be returning?
Seeing the three of them eating piece after piece with such enthusiasm, Xiang Xi became even more suspicious.
Exactly what kind of medicine had these three put into the food?
“Father of the children,” Wu-shi said, “we’ve eaten enough. Let’s go to bed.”
“Okay.”
“Wait!”
The two had just gotten up when Xiang Xi shouted.
Something wasn’t right.
Something was seriously wrong!
Those two had only eaten a little chicken and hadn’t even drunk any alcohol, so why were their faces already flushed?
Then she looked at Madam Lü.
Even this old woman, who was several decades old, had a flushed face and coquettish eyes.
“You bastards actually used this kind of drug?” Xiang Xi’s eyes widened. “Whose idea was it?”
The three of them thought, Oh no.
This crazy woman had actually figured it out.
“Speak! Whose idea was it?”
“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you!”
This time, afraid of suffering another terrible beating, Madam Lü decisively betrayed them.
“It was your sister-in-law’s idea!”
“Mother-in-law, you…” Wu-shi gritted her teeth.
Fine, fine!
If you were going to be heartless, don’t blame me for being ruthless!
“The medicine was bought by Mother-in-law!”
Seeing the blame being thrown back at her, Wu-shi decided to go all the way.
If they were going down, everyone would go down together!
“It was Eldest Brother who wanted to do that with you! He wanted to continue the Liu family bloodline!”
Liu the Eldest froze.
What…?
He was innocent!
From beginning to end, he had only been the one they arranged to do it!
“The two of them planned everything! It has nothing to do with me!”
Xiang Xi chuckled.
So a married couple were birds of the same forest, but when disaster struck, they each flew in their own direction?
Fine, fine.
Then this lady would make sure not a single one of them got away!
Xiang Xi grabbed one person with each hand and kicked the third, throwing all three of them into the courtyard.
By now, the effects of the medicine had fully kicked in.
Their entire bodies were burning unbearably hot, and their minds were becoming hazy.
Liu the Eldest and Wu-shi were like crazed wild dogs. They frantically tore at each other’s clothes and fell to the ground together.
No one else could really be blamed for this.
It was only because Wu-shi had put far too much of that medicine into the food!
Madam Lü was in slightly better shape, after all, she was already an older woman, but even she couldn’t help squeezing her legs together.
“Second Fool!”
“Present!”
“Your eldest brother is going to beat your sister-in-law to death!”
“Huh?”
Second Fool Liu took a look and realized it was true.
His eldest brother had his wife pinned to the ground and was beating her, their clothes completely torn.
His sister-in-law was screaming loudly.
“W-wife, wh-what… what should we do?”
“Quick, go get people to help!”
“Oh!”
Second Fool Liu turned around to run.
“Take the basin with you!” Xiang Xi called out.
“Right!”
Second Fool’s eyes lit up.
His basin was incredibly loud now. One hit could be heard throughout the entire village.
That way, everyone would come and help immediately!
So he grabbed the copper basin and rushed outside.
Bang, bang, bang, bang…
“Someone come quickly!”
“My eldest brother is going to beat my sister-in-law to death!”
“Help! My sister-in-law isn’t breathing anymore!”
…
The villagers were all preparing dinner at this time.
When they heard that someone at the Liu household might be killed, how could they ignore it?
In such a remote little place as Nan Zhu Village, how many years would pass before a murder happened?
“Quick! Let’s go take a look!”
Everyone immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed into the Liu family’s courtyard like the wind.
“Ahhh!”
The first woman to rush inside screamed, covered her eyes, and ran straight back out.
“What happened? What happened?”
“Ugh, ugh, ugh! The eldest Liu couple are completely shameless! Ugh, ugh, ugh!”
The people behind her were completely confused and hurried inside to see for themselves.
Hiss—
Everyone froze in place and simultaneously sucked in a breath.
The eldest Liu couple were…
They were way too wild!
This was the courtyard!
They hadn’t even laid down a straw mat!
And they were doing it right in front of his mother!
Then everyone looked at the crazy woman.
She was sitting there alone, holding half a basin of chicken and eating happily.
Oh no.
Could it be that everyone in the Liu family had gone crazy?
A woman grabbed her husband’s ear.
“What are you still looking at? Go home!”
“Just one more look, just—”
“I’ll count to three!”
“Ahem. Not looking anymore. Not looking. Let’s go.”
…
At that moment, the old village chief came huffing and puffing over.
Seeing everyone about to leave, he hurriedly asked, “Is everything all right now?”
“Hehe, they’re still at it! Someone’s about to die!”
“What?” The old village chief panicked. “Then why are you all leaving?”
“We don’t want to leave either, but our wives won’t let us stay!”
The old village chief’s mouth twitched.
What kind of logic was that?
Never mind.
Someone’s life was at stake!
As the village chief, he had to…
He had to…
“Liu the Eldest! You… you…”
The moment the old village chief saw what was happening in the courtyard, he was so furious he nearly ascended to heaven on the spot!
In broad daylight!
In full view of everyone!
Under the clear heavens!
These two shameless bastards had actually done something so indecent and disgraceful!
“Get inside the house, now!”
But Liu the Eldest and Wu-shi were completely dazed, too consumed by their instincts to hear a single word.
They continued their wild behavior right there in the courtyard.
The old village chief covered his face.
He was genuinely about to cry.
What the hell were these people getting up to every single day?
“Madam Lü!”
The old village chief covered his face with one hand as he walked over to her and scolded her in exasperation.
“How did you raise your children? Your son and daughter-in-law are behaving like this, and you’re not even stopping them?”
Madam Lü opened her hazy eyes and stared at him.
The old village chief froze.
A sudden sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Village… Village Chief?”
“It’s me.”
The old village chief also realized that something was wrong with Madam Lü, but he still hadn’t understood how serious the situation was.
“Madam Lü, what’s wrong with you? Are you sick?”
“Awooooo!”
Madam Lü let out a strange cry and lunged at the village chief.
The old village chief was scared out of his wits.
“Madam Lü, what are you doing? Let go of me… let go!”
But after finally catching hold of a man, how could she possibly let him go?
“Help! Someone come pull her off me! Save me! Ah!”
The old village chief struggled desperately while the villagers stared in utter shock.
Madam Lü was way too ferocious!
Just then, Second Fool Liu came running back after making a round through the village.
The moment he saw his mother pinning the village chief to the ground and biting at him, he became excited.
Bang, bang, bang—
“My mom is hugging the village chief and biting him!”
“My mom has no shame!”